Am I a Good Candidate for Hairline Lowering? (photo)

Yes, hair transplants can grow in areas that have never had hair before. A hair transplantation using follicular unit extraction (FUE) restores the hairline and proportion of the face. It is much less invasive than the stretching procedure you want to avoid. When hair loss occurs at the hairline, distortion occurs of the face. A receding hairline makes the forehead look larger, throwing the entire balance of the face off. This article expands on how to determine the number of grafts you... more

You have a very high forehead indeed and tissue expansion would be a better option than grafts since it is much cheaper and gives a better looking result. We do many African-American patients that have this problem and they almost always choose tissue expansion unless they have a VERY flexible scalp and therefore, do not need the expander placed and later removed with the forehead advancement. This is like a pregnancy that stretches the abdomen and makes "extra scalp" to lower the... more

There is no easy answer for your question. You need your hairline lowered at least 4cm to get an ideal esthetic result. You would need at least 3000 follicular unit grafts and that would be difficult with African hair to perform in one sitting. The surgical advancement , which you do not want, works the best for your kind of hair and hairline. And unless you have exceptional laxity of your scalp and forehead, you would require 5-9 weeks of expansion of the scalp. This makes it a two step... more